The Land of Rodina Author:Arch Brown Stuart Cernak decides to return to his roots on the stinky stockyard-side of Chicago for the funeral of a favorite cousin after having lived in Manhattan for a dozen years and is witness to the catastrophic and comical climax of 70 years of family gossip and jealousy. Overwrought aunts and overfed uncles vie for attention with oversexed cousins ... more »and overbearing mothers.« less